Author: Charles Plymell
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Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Max Fulcher
Publisher: Vanity House
ISBN: 9780958097208
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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In The Enchanted Orchid Max Fulcher has brought together his talent for photography and his knowledge and love of the alluring blooms. This is not just a how-to-grow-'em book. It's an entertaining read - as warm and witty as the author - interspersed with his gorgeous photographs. Armed with camera and diary, Max has tracked orchids across Asia and the Pacific for two decades. He recounts many of his orchid experiences on the orchid trail including how, in Burma, he happened upon the rare blue Vanda and why, with a $13,000 hole in his belly, he limped around New York in winter searching out moon orchids. There's also advice for the home grower. It also includes a chapter with tips on photography.

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Category : Orchids
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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Author: Montgomery Ward
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Category : Commercial catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 734

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Author: Julia Fenton
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780515108750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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From the bestselling author of Black Tie Only, a stunning novel of stardom and espionage. Glamour, scandal, and intrigue steal the spotlight when the premiere of the eagerly-awaited Broadway musical Dr. Zhivago turns into a night where secrets are revealed, where dreams can be fulfilled or broken, and where everything is risked in one deadly gamble.

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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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Category : Horticulture
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Author: Sears, Roebuck and Company
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Category : Commercial catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1112

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Pages : 64

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Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

Author: Jim Endersby
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022642703X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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The prize-winning history of the orchid: “an engaging and enlightening account of one of the Earth's most mythologized botanical wonders” (Richard Conniff, author of House of Lost Worlds). At once delicate, exotic, and elegant, orchids are beloved for their singular, instantly recognizable beauty. Found in nearly every climate, the many species of orchid have had varying forms of significance in countless cultures over time. Following the orchid’s journey from Ancient Greek medicine to twentieth century detective novels, science historian Jim Endersby explores the flower’s four recurring themes: science, empire, sex, and death. Orchids were a symbol of the exotic riches sought by 19th century Europeans in their plans for colonization. They became subjects of scientific scrutiny for Charles Darwin, who investigated their methods of cross-pollination. As Endersby shows, orchids—perhaps because of their extraordinarily diverse colors, shapes, and sizes—have also bloomed repeatedly in films, novels, plays, and poems, from Shakespeare to science fiction. Featuring many gorgeous illustrations from the collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Orchid: A Cultural History was awarded the Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize by the History of Science Society. It is an enchanting tale not only for gardeners and plant collectors, but anyone curious about the flower’s obsessive hold on the imagination in history, cinema, literature, and more.